Bag frame fastener



Nov. 24, 1936. c HlERlNG ET AL 2,061,907

BAG. FRAME FASTENER Filed June '7, 1935 Patented Nov. 24, 1936 BAG FRAME FASTENER Delaware 7 Application June 7, 1935, Serial No. 25,363

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hand. bags and more particularly to means for attaching ornamental latch bars or knobs to hand bag frames.

In the making of ornamental latch bars or knobs for hand bags transparent materials in many colors are widely used.

Heretofore such ornamental transparent bars have been attached to a supporting plate or metal strip by fastening means such as screws, rivets and the like, and the supporting plate or strip in turn resiliently hinged to one of the frame members. This method of attaching the bars to the frame has been found objectionable in that the screws, rivets and the like may be seen through the transparent material and considerably affect the ornamental effect thereof. Also the fastening means tend to become loosened after a short period of use and the ornamental transparent bar becomes disengaged from the metal supporting strip and frequently the bars fall out.

It is an object of this invention to provide means for attaching ornamental bars which may be transparent or otherwise, to supporting members, preferably in the form of a plate or strip, without necessitating the use of screws, rivets or the like.

A further object is the provision of means for attaching an ornamental latching bar or knob to a hand bag frame member, which means also enhances the ornamental appearance of the bar.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is an exploded view in perspective of an ornamental bar, which may be transparent or otherwise, and a supporting member therefor,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, exploded, of a modified form of ornamental latching bar having attached thereto a supporting member and delineating the manner in which the bar and supporting member are attached to a hand bag frame for latching purposes,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modified invention,

Fig. 4 is an end view of a modified form of the invention, in which a latch bar has a form similar to that shown in Fig. 2, except that the bar is provided with grooves at the end and no groove in the bottom thereof.

form of Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on. line 55 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is an end elevational view, partly in section, of another form of our invention, and Fig. '7 is a side elevational view showing the latch bar of Fig. 1 attached to a hand bag frame.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. l discloses an ornamental latch bar 5, preferably formed of a transparent material which may be of any desired color.

The bar is shown in Fig. 5 in the form of a parallelepiped, but obviously it can be in other shapes without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The bar 5 is provided at each end thereof with a groove 5 in which fit the portions 7 of a metal supporting member having a base 8 which passes along the undersurface of the bar 5. The portions 7 have right-angular sections 9 bent over the upper surface of and tightly gripping the bar 5. It will be seen that upward or downward movement of the bar is prevented by the portions 9 and the base 8, while lateral movement is prevented by the portions 1 fitted in the grooves 6.

The base 8 has a groove Ill to engage a latching member on the adjacent frame member in a well-known manner.

Referring to Fig. 2, there is shown an ornamental bar I l having a groove H extending the length thereof on its underside. Fitted into this groove is the base E2 of a metal supporting member having the upwardly turned sections is tightly gripping the ends of the bar, and the sections it have angularly directed portions M tightly gripping inclined surfaces on the upper side of the bar. As described in connection with Fig. 1, upward and downward movement as well as lateral movement is positively prevented by the arrangement of the latch bar and supporting member as herein described.

In Fig. 2 there is shown the manner in which the supporting member is connected to a hand bag frame member is, and the supporting member is provided with a slot similar to the slot Hi described in Fig. 1, for the purpose of engaging a latching projection it on a cooperating frame member ll.

Projecting downwardly from the underside of the face l2 of the supporting member are loops 20 which pass through apertures 2! in the frame member 55, said loops receiving a torsion spring (not shown) as is common in lift latches of the type herein disclosed.

In Fig. 3 is shown a further modification which is somewhat similar to the form shown in Fig. 2,

with the exception that the inclined end portions 58 which are bent over the inclined upper surface of the bar l9 are provided with inwardly turned protuberances 22 fitting into suitable notches in the inclined surfaces.

In Fig. there is shown an end view of a modified form in which the latch bar 25 has grooves in the ends thereof similar to those shown in Fig. 1, said grooves receiving a strap 26 which is bent over an inclined upper surface 2'! of the bar, in the manner of section 14 shown in Fig. 2. The supporting member passes under the bar 25 in the same manner as the base 13 of the supporting member shown in Fig. 1

passes under the bar 5. Fig. 6 is an end elevational view of a modifie form of our invention, similar to that shown in Fig. 3 except that in Fig. 6, the bar I9 is provided on its underside with a groove 23 andalso with grooves 24 on its ends to receive the supporting member 12.

From the above description it will be seen that there has been provided a simple means for attaching ornamental bars of transparent or other material to hand bag frames without the use of screws, rivets or the like, at the same time providing a positive attachment which prevents upward, downward or lateral movement of the bar.

Obviously this invention is of considerable value in connection with lift latches in which the action of releasing or latching the bag frame members requires lateral and upward movement or lateral and downward movement of the lift bar relative to the bag frame member. Heretofore, during such movements, when the bars have been attached to a supporting member by means of screws, rivets or the like, they became loosened and sometimes entirely disengaged from the supporting member. By means of our invention, the latch bar is positively held in a fixed position at all times by the supporting member.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously embodiments may be constructed including many modifications without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hand bag, an elongated latch bar having a flat lower surface provided with a groove extending throughout the length thereof, said bar having flat end surfaces and upper surfaces adjacent said end surfaces, a flat metal supporting member positioned in said groove and bent over and engaging the end surfaces and said upper surfaces.

2. In a hand bag, an elongated latch bar having a flat lower surface provided with a groove extending throughout the length thereof, said bar having fiat end surfaces provided with grooves, a flat metal supporting member positioned in said grooves in the lower and end surfaces and bent over the upper surface of the bar, and means for attaching the supporting memher to a frame member.

WILLIAM C. HIERING. FREDERICK W. GOERDES. 

